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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Three Commentators on the Beat Generation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the founders of Russian anarchism is referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Kropotkin.
(b) Krympotin.
(c) Vrostkin.
(d) Brygatin.

2. In what year does William Burroughs Junior go to visit his father in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1970.

3. How old was Gary Snyder when he was laid up for an accident for four months?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

4. Where is Alan Watts from?
(a) France.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) England.

5. Where did Neal Cassady grow up?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Denver.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?

2. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?

3. What was Allen Ginsberg's father's name?

4. Who is the author of the poem "A Berry Feast"?

5. Whose death is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" written in mourning of?

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